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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 15, § 571.38. Violation of electronic monitoring conditions

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is placed on electronic monitoring supervision pursuant to this Part, or any other provision of law, to intentionally do any of the following:

(1) Enter an exclusion zone.

(2) Fail to immediately exit an exclusion zone.

(3) Violate a curfew order.

B. (1) Whoever violates Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Whoever commits a felony while violating Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned, at hard labor, for one year.

(3) Whoever violates Subsection A of this Section, after being released on bail for a felony crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B), shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned, at hard labor, for one year.

C. As used in this Section:

(1) “Curfew” means a specified time period defined by court order during which a person is required to either be, or not be, in a specific location.

(2) “Exclusion zone” means a specified geographic area defined by court order that a person is prohibited from entering or remaining.

(3) “Inclusion zone” means a specified geographic area defined by court order in which a person is either allowed or required to be.

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